Re: Terry ? Bugleweed... Elaine ?

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

The American Botanical Council and German Commission E don't report bugleweed

containing iodine...they report that it blocks iodine. the herbs Irish moss

and bladderwack contain iodine so i wonder if someone got confused. or like

you say there could be some iodine as there is in goitrogens like broccoli

but it doesn't get absorbed. take care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

The American Botanical Council and German Commission E don't report bugleweed

containing iodine...they report that it blocks iodine. the herbs Irish moss

and bladderwack contain iodine so i wonder if someone got confused. or like

you say there could be some iodine as there is in goitrogens like broccoli

but it doesn't get absorbed. take care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

The American Botanical Council and German Commission E don't report bugleweed

containing iodine...they report that it blocks iodine. the herbs Irish moss

and bladderwack contain iodine so i wonder if someone got confused. or like

you say there could be some iodine as there is in goitrogens like broccoli

but it doesn't get absorbed. take care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Thanks Elaine,

Now how do we get About's info updated ?

The more I think about it, since About was my first and only site, I 'may' have

read this,

and then later when I saw other info, thought it was wrong. Thus ,causing me to

not

believe the alternative info.

If this makes sense, the way I am trying to explain...

Too much conflicting information can cause new patients more than confusion. It

can cause

much delay in getting better.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

Thanks Elaine,

Now how do we get About's info updated ?

The more I think about it, since About was my first and only site, I 'may' have

read this,

and then later when I saw other info, thought it was wrong. Thus ,causing me to

not

believe the alternative info.

If this makes sense, the way I am trying to explain...

Too much conflicting information can cause new patients more than confusion. It

can cause

much delay in getting better.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

Thanks Elaine,

Now how do we get About's info updated ?

The more I think about it, since About was my first and only site, I 'may' have

read this,

and then later when I saw other info, thought it was wrong. Thus ,causing me to

not

believe the alternative info.

If this makes sense, the way I am trying to explain...

Too much conflicting information can cause new patients more than confusion. It

can cause

much delay in getting better.

-Pam-

[Guest guest]

Pam,

I've looked up bugleweed by just doing a search, and never found that little

item. I'll have to look some more, for sure! At this point my Chinese herbal

formula is about 5% bugleweed (the Chinese form); have been trying it for

about a week and a half, without noticing any overt changes. I'll be

interested in what my labs show (getting them run Monday in anticipation of

my endo visit Wednesday). I do know that right now, on my 1.25 mg. of

methimazole (1/4 of a 5 mg. pill) daily, and my herbs, I feel pretty

good--if you don't count this awful intestinal thing I've got at the moment

which is wiping me out completely. Second time in 3 weeks, and this time, I

KNOW it's not anything I ate as my husband and I went away for 2 days, and

ate identical meals the whole time we were gone, sharing back and forth on

all our dishes. He, of course, is just fine.

Terry

>

> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:36:46 -0800

> To: graves_support

> Subject: Terry ? Bugleweed... Elaine ?

>

>

> Hi Terry,

>

> It has occurred to me, you might be the person that can clear up a small

> mystery for me.

>

> Elaine, you may be interested too.

>

> Over at About.com, when looking at the member site / home site... when you try

> to find any

> info for HYPER, and thyroid ,and alternative, when you finally give up and

> just enter

> 'Bugleweed' in their search...

> the only thing you get is : Bugleweed, a herb containing iodine

>

> That's it ...nothing else. So we may assume folks looking to help will be even

> more

> confused than they were before trying to learn more.

>

> One of our older members asked me about this, and I admit, I had never looked

> their

> before. My reply so far is that I can only guess that if the plant was grown

> in soil high

> in iodine, it would have some, but I would think the other properties of the

> plant would

> out weigh the iodine.

>

> But now we need to know more, and I have failed to find any information on

> this.

>

> Anybody have ideas?

>

> -Pam-

>

>

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